ANNONACEOUS FRUITS

Family Annonaceae is rich in fruiting plants. Most popular amongst them are Ram phal, Sita phal, Hanuman phal, and Laxman phal. This blog discusses the comparison between all these fruits.

Sita phal

Annona squamosa is commonly known as Sita phal. Fruit is generally the size of the tennis ball with an irregular surface all over. The fruit pulp is fleshy and sweet with a grainy texure.

Ram phal

Annona reticulata is commonly known as Ram phal. The fruit is little bigger than Sita phal. The outer fuit cover is smooth as compared to Sita phal.

Hanuman phal

Annona cherimola commonly known as Hanuman phal. This fruit has slightly irregular surface. The fruit is sweet in taste and pleasurable to eat.

Laxman phal

Annona muricata is commonly known as Laxman phal or Soursop fruit. As the name muricata suggests, this fruit has soft spine all over the fruit surface. The fruit is sour in taste due to high vitamin C.

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ANTI INFLAMMATORY PROPERTY OF SOURSOP

Due to significant side effects of steroid and non steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAID), there is an increasing interest in herbal remedies that have been in use for many years to minimize pain and inflammation. The great number of natural compounds work similarly to that of the NSAIDs. The mechanism of antinociception (reduced sensitivity to pain) has been shown to inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenases (LOX) through inflammatory mediators such as flavonoids present in the plant extract. The anti-inflammatory effects of Annona muricata are thus demonstrated to occur through suppression of inflammatory mediators. A. muricata produced dose-dependent and significant results, which were comparatively similar to the inhibition of inflammatory pain produced by morphine (96.08%) standard reference drug. The effect of the extract in this phase suggests that it may have an anti-inflammatory property. In conclusion, findings from the results of the studies showed th...

ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERT OF SOURSOP

Soursop is appreciated for its high effectivity to fight against Cancer. Some studies reveal that Soursop contains antimicrobial properties as well. Antimicrobial property Soursop can combat various bacterial and parasitic infections. This effect is largely due to the presence of bioactive compounds like Acetogenins, Flavonoids, and Alkaloids in the Soursop fruit and leaves extract. These compounds destroy the integrity of microbial cell membranes and inhibit essential enzymes there by preventing the growth and proliferation of pathogen. The study indicates the Soursop fruit and leaves extracts are effective in treating infections caused by resistant strains making them a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics. Soursop shows antimicrobial efficacy was evaluated using the disc diffusion method against Streptococcus mutans , Streptococcus mitis , Porphyromonas gingivalis , Prevotella intermedia , and Candida albicans in laboratory con...

PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SOURSOP

Annona muricata L., popularly known as Laxman phal or Graviola, is widely used as a traditional medicine. Plant parts of Soursop, such as fruit, leaves, and bark, have medicinal properties. We have studied 49 research papers, which conclude that the pharmacological properties of Soursop shows Anticancer - 25%, antiulcer - 17%, antidiabetic - 14%, antiprotozoal - 10%, antidiarrhea - 8%, antibacterial - 8%, antiviral 8%, antihypertensive - 6%, wound healing properties - 4%. The important active compounds in Annona muricata L. are Acetogenin - 49%, Alkaloids -26%, Flavonoids - 19%, and others - 6%, which are reportedly responsible for Soursop's pharmacological properties. Acetogenins, which are active components, are temperature sensitive. Therefore, it's challenging to scale up and produce stable raw material for commercial production. Thus, developing drug preparations is difficult, despite sufficient evidence of bioactivity of Acetogenins. To get the...

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